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Materials relating to the formation of the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona and Cortes Island APC including inquiries concerning museums and the legal status of historic artifacts.
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Correspondence re formation of the Cortes Island Women's Institute
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1983-1986
Scope and Content
File consists of papers about the start of the local Women's Institutes, including a letter by May Ellingsen outlining the history of the women's service groups in Manson's Landing.
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Agreement with Whaletown Women's Institute re Church Hall
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2003.003
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Part Of
Whaletown Community Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Community Club
Fonds Number
2003.003
Series Number
3
File Number
2
Accession Number
2003.003
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains an agreement passing the responsibility for the Church Hall (at the corner of Harbour road next to the first Whaletown cemetery) from the Whaletown Community Club to the Whaletown Women's Institute. At that time, the Gorge Harbour Community Hall Society turned the Gorge Hall over to the Whaletown Community Club.
Storage Location
1-18
Storage Range
1-18
Name Access
Whaletown Community Club
Subject Access
Community Associations
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Women's Institute publications
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[1960s]
Scope and Content
File consists of three copies of the Handbook of BC Women's Institutes; the BCWI News (3 issues 1960; 4 issues 1964); Notice of Meeting cards (blank); two copies of the Institute Ode; the WI prayer; constitution and by-laws. Material was originally in the possession of Gilean Douglas.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Whaletown Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.1
Sous Fonds Number
1
Series Number
7
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[1960s]
Scope and Content
File consists of three copies of the Handbook of BC Women's Institutes; the BCWI News (3 issues 1960; 4 issues 1964); Notice of Meeting cards (blank); two copies of the Institute Ode; the WI prayer; constitution and by-laws. Material was originally in the possession of Gilean Douglas.
Storage Location
1-43
Storage Range
1-43
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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B.C. Women's Institute
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1954-1962
Scope and Content
File consists of a newsletter, press releases, reports, and minutes of provincial WI conventions, some with handwritten notes by Gilean Douglas.
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Women's Institute pins
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.001
Date Range
[ca.1980-2000]
Scope and Content
File contains two (2) Women's Institute pins, reading "WI".
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Correspondence re Gilean Douglas
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence from Douglas about her life membership, and a letter about a visit to Channel Rock by provincial WI officers.
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Legal agreement re Manson's Landing cemetery
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File contains a legal agreement about a transfer of title to the cemetery at Manson's Landing.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
6
File Number
17
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1923
Scope and Content
File contains a legal agreement about a transfer of title to the cemetery at Manson's Landing.
Storage Location
6-24
Storage Range
6-24
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Women's Institute survey and response
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
File contains a survey from the national Women's Institute and a response from the Cortes Island chapter, resigning from the national organization.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
8
File Number
37
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
2000
Scope and Content
File contains a survey from the national Women's Institute and a response from the Cortes Island chapter, resigning from the national organization.
Storage Location
7-37
Storage Range
7-37
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Reports to the regional Women's Institute
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
File consists of sixteen pages of reports to the regional Women's Institute covering January 1953; some undated.
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Whaletown Women's Institute Cookbook
Part Of
Whaletown Women's Institute fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
1999.002
Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
File consists of a cookbook published by the Whaletown Women's Institute and one cookbook receipt from 1959.
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Cortes Island Women's Institute, 1992
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1992
Scope and Content
File consists of a spiral notebook with notes on meetings, reports and correspondence.
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Regulations and By-laws for Women's Institutes of B.C.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1920-1921
Scope and Content
File consists of printed regulations and by-laws put out by the provincial Women's Institute organization.
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Letter to Whaletown Women's Institute members
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
5
File Number
12
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Custodial History
Donated by Dianne (Reedel) Hansen in 2014.
Scope and Content
File consists of a 3 page letter written by Gilean Douglas to the members of the Whaletown Women's Institute about procedures and goals.
Storage Location
6-26
Storage Range
6-26
Name Access
Whaletown Women's Institute
Subject Access
Women's Institute
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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CIMAS material
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1998]
Scope and Content
File contains a green spiral-bound notebook with notes from the beginning of the museum association.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
File Number
10
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
[ca. 1998]
Scope and Content
File contains a green spiral-bound notebook with notes from the beginning of the museum association.
Storage Location
7-58
Storage Range
7-58
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CIMAS material
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a Young Canada Works grant and time sheets for Zoë Miles.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
9
File Number
14
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1999
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence re a Young Canada Works grant and time sheets for Zoë Miles.
Storage Location
7-62
Storage Range
7-62
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Women's Institute skit - script and audio tape
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
sound recording
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
[ca. 1989]
Scope and Content
File consists of the script and an audio tape of a skit put on by the Cortes Island Women's Institute.
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Cortes Island Women's Institutes history project
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Accession Number
2009.001
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Part Of
Island Women's Club fonds
Description Level
File
Creator
Cortes Island Women's Institute
Fonds Number
2009.001.3
Sous Fonds Number
3
Series Number
6
File Number
2
Accession Number
2009.001
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1989
Scope and Content
File consists of histories of the past and present Women's Institutes on Cortes Island, including handwritten histories by May Elliingsen; notes for the histories; material regarding a luncheon of past members held to collect WI recollections.
Storage Location
2-46
Storage Range
2-46
Subject Access
Women's Institute
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Disband paperwork for the Cortes Island Women's Institute
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Valdez Island Women's Institute yearly report
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual records
Date Range
1931
Scope and Content
File contains the yearly report for the Valdez (Quadra) Island Women's Institute.